One picked him up--another his hat-crown--a third his whip--a fourth his gloves--while Margaret, the housemaid, rushed to the rescue with her private bottle of _sal volatile_--and John, the under-butler, began to extricate him from the new-fashioned neckcloth he had made of his hat.
[Illustration: MR.

PACEY TRIES MULTUM-IN-PARVO] Though our friend was a good deal shaken by the fall, the injury to his body was trifling compared to that done to his mind.

Being kicked off a horse was an indignity he had never calculated upon.

Moreover, it was done in such a masterly manner as clearly showed it could be repeated at pleasure.

In addition to which everybody laughs at a man that is kicked off.